British fighters went up against Russian bombers

The two Russian bombers were the Tupolev Tu-160, known as ”Blackjack” by Nato, which is capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

from the british air force sent two Typhoonjaktplan up from RAF base Lossiemouth in northern Scotland to identify and comply with the Russian plan when these went out over the North sea.

According to a spokesperson for the RAF was the Russian bombers all the time in international airspace, and was then followed until they left Britain’s doorstep, writes RAF on its website.

occurred at a number of occasions in the past six months. On 10 december sent two Typhoonjaktplan up against the two Russian bombers, and on 20 september last year, occurred a similar event, also over the North sea.

Also the time it was the two Russian ‘Blackjack’ bomber, which was met by british fighter aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth. When the british air traffic control tried to contact their Russian counterparts refused these to respond, wrote Sky News at the moment.